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Public workers' free health care hangs over taxpayers

Over the next 30 years, Nassau County expects to spend $3.6 billion paying health care bills for its retired workers. Already this year, it spent more for retirees' health care than it did for their pensions, according to financial statements it plans to publish Wednesday. Suffolk County faces an even higher liability, according to its latest accounting - $4.1 billion over 30 years, according to...

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